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At the Paris Olympics we may not have seen Teucris Sakellaropoulos (Teucris Films) participating, but at the International Culture Film Festival in India, he and his producer, also Patrini Chrysa Driva (Cdriva Productions), managed to find themselves on the podium . With their documentary “Zaloggo – After the End, Before the End”, they won the first prize in the “Philosophy” category, among many international entries.

Tevkros Sakellaropoulos, with his well-known sense of humor, referred to the coincidence of the start of the Olympic Games with the start of the festival in India, commenting that he did not cross the limits in walking, even though he is constantly… running! However, in the film field, the success was extraordinary, as all three of his documentaries were screened at the festival, highlighting him as an important ambassador of Greek culture on an international level.

“Zaloggo – After the End, Before the End” is a conceptual and metaphysical approach to one of the most tragic yet heroic events in modern Greek history. The prize in India was not only a personal distinction for the creator, but also a recognition of the power of Greek culture in a country with deep philosophical roots, such as India. Tevkros Sakellaropoulos, on social media, said he was impressed by the quality of Indian cinema and emphasized the inherent affinity in the philosophical approaches between the two cultures.

The releases of his films in India do not end here. “Zaloggo” will continue its journey to universities in the country, giving Indian students the opportunity to come into contact with Greek thought and philosophy, through a project that combines the tragic with the heroic and the metaphysical with the real.

After all, “Culture is power!” as Tevkros Sakellaropoulos typically mentions.